Effects of Acu-Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Acu-TENS) on Post-exercise Blood Lactate and Excessive Post-exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC)

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01102634

Enrollment

Registered

2010-04-13

Start date

2010-04-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2010-04-13

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Conditions

Healthy Subjects

Brief summary

The study aims to investigate the effect of Acu-TENS on post-exercise blood lactate level and EPOC

Interventions

DEVICETranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Application of TENS over acupuncture points

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* with normal health (no known history of cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic or musculoskeletal diseases)

Exclusion criteria

* unable to communicate and follow the exercise procedures

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Blood lactate level	Before exercise	Finger pick method - measured by Lactate Plus (Nova Biomedical, USA)
Oxygen consumption	Measurements continued during exercise and until heart rate returned to baseline	measured by K4b2 (Cosmed, Italy)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Heart rate	Measurements continued during exercise and until heart rate returned to baseline	measured by Polar heart rate monitor (RS800CX, Polar Electro, Finland)

Countries

China

Contacts

Primary ContactAlice Jones, PhD, FACP

alice.jones@polyu.edu.hk(852) 27666749

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026